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Negro - Die Untersuchung einer schwarzen Identität in Brasilien als ethnische Identität
Diplomica Verlag 2009; US$ 35.59Dieses Buch beschäftigt sich mit einer möglichen schwarzen Identität der afrobrasilianischen Bevölkerung und untersucht, ob man diese als ethnische Identität bezeichnen könnte. Anhand verschiedener Studien wird herausgearbeitet, inwiefern die afrobrasilianische Bevölkerung eine kulturell bedingte kollektive Identität besitzt, die auf einer gemeinsamen... more...
General Benjamin Smith
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2011; US$ 45.00This biography is about one of North Carolina's early governors, an advocate for public education in the post-Colonial period. Benjamin Smith (1757-1826) came from a distinguished South Carolina family and acquired enormous wealth in the Cape Fear region as a member of the planter class. Like his elite white peers, Smith was active in public life,... more...
Western Brazil, Brazilia, the Pantanal, Amazonia & Beyond
Hunter Publishing 2010; US$ 8.99We travel to grow our Adventure Guides show you how. Experience the places you visit more directly, freshly, intensely than you would otherwise sometimes best done on foot, in a canoe, or through cultural adventures like art courses, cooking classes, learning the language, meeting the people. This can make your trip life-changing, unforgettable.... more...
Die Quorenfrage im Volksgesetzgebungsverfahren
Springer Fachmedien 2011; US$ 47.99Napoleons Soldaten
Primus Verlag 2011; US$ 15.09Hauptbeschreibung Heerführer gehen in die Geschichte ein. Sie leben als Heroen des Untergangs oder des Sieges in der Erinnerung fort. Doch was ist mit den einfachen Soldaten? Sie verblassen oft zu bloßen Komparsen der Geschichte, anonymisiert in Stärkemeldungen und Verlustlisten. Mehr als 500.000 Soldaten fast aller Länder und Nationen kämpften... more...
The Scramble for the Amazon and the "Lost Paradise" of Euclides da Cunha
University of Chicago Press 2013; US$ 36.00The fortunes of the late nineteenth century’s imperial and industrial powers depended on a single raw material—rubber—with only one source: the Amazon basin. And so began the scramble for the Amazon—a decades-long conflict that found Britain, France, Belgium, and the United States fighting with and against the new nations... more...
Rio & the Best of Brazil Alive
Hunter Publishing 2007; US$ 18.99A 420-page travel guide with color photos and maps throughout more...
Brazil Travel Adventures
Hunter Publishing 2008; US$ 19.99Brazil is one of the culturally rich nations in South America. This title provides readers with what they need to know for planning a trip to this area, including the best places to stay and eat - for various tastes and budgets; practical travel advice; and info on what to pack and when to go. more...
North Carolina
Infobase Publishing 2005; US$ 35.00Describes life in the early colony, including the many conflicts with Native Americans, disease, the presence of pirates, the use of timber and tar in shipbuilding (which contributed to the state's nickname "The Tar Heel State"), and the history of slavery in the colony. more...









